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HIST 4370: Mind Matters: Mental Illness in U.S. History from Asylums to Jails

Project Inspiration

The Central State Hospital Digital Library & Archives Project
King Davis, PhD led this monumental preservation and digitization project of our nation's first mental health care facility for African Americans.

 

Central State Hospital Exhibit
The American Psychiatric Association Foundation created an exhibit of primary source regarding the hospital dating back to 1870. 

 

Rescuing History
Article about King Davis, PhD saving the history of the Central State Hospital in Petersburg, Virginia.